Move Over: Just like for police and fire trucks, drivers are now expected to, if they can, move over one lane and slow down when they see a Texas Department of Transportation vehicle with its flashing lights on, pulled over on the side of the road. TxDOT vehicles have flashing lights and are state vehicles. The stuff you see in construction zones behind a concrete barrier is not an emergency vehicle. That’s a construction site, and hence the concrete barrier. But slow down in construction zones, too.

Online insurance forms: If you wish, you can now show police your proof of registration on a smartphone or electronic device. Paper works just fine, too, but those who don’t want to rifle through their glovebox or need to pull up proof in a pinch can legally do so, starting Sunday. Yes, police can often verify the information via the computer in their cruiser, but state law requires the driver to show proof of insurance if pulled over.